Empowering communities to make sheriffs work for the people
1,000
People die each year in county jails, most run by sheriffs.
550,000
People are held in local jails; most have not been convicted of a crime.
1 in 2
Internal deportations came through jails, most controlled by sheriffs.
404
Sheriffs belong to anti-democratic movements
X3
Sheriff’s deputies kill people at a rate three times higher than other law enforcement officers, accounting for more than 400 shooting deaths per year.